[cookcounty]

"Consider two hypothetical situations. In the first, a United States Army general officer in a theater of war decides by himself that he strongly disagrees with the orders of the secretary of defense. He resigns his commission, returns to private life and speaks out vigorously against both the policy and the secretary of defense. "

The first example is the proper and correct way to act. That General Baptiste went along with everything, going out of his way to thickly slather praise upon Rumsfeld (while Rumsfeld could promote him) , and now, 18 months later claims to have held secret opposition to the plan is ridiculous. Typical careerist garbage.

[kabar]

Baptiste did express some dissatisfaction in how the war was being conducted while he was in Iraq in April 2004.

"Two US generals in Iraq have criticised the policy of excluding senior Baath Party members - including Iraqi army officers - from jobs in the post-war administration

Maj Gen John Batiste - commander of the US First Infantry Division - told the New York Times newspaper that it would be a good thing to harness their energies. "

US game plan in Iraq questioned